skeletonize
[verb]
Synonyms: sketch, adumbrate, block (out), chalk (out), characterize, draft, outline, rough (out), skeleton

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skeletonize verb. ['skɛlɪt(ǝ)nʌɪz] Also skeletonise. M17.
[from SKELETON noun + -IZE.]
1. verb trans. Make into or reduce to a skeleton; fig. reduce to an outline, sketch, or plan; identify the basic features or elements of. M17.

2. verb trans. Outline, sketch, plan, (an idea etc.). M19.

3. verb intrans. Become a skeleton. M19.

■ skeletoni'zation noun L18.

■ skeletonized adjective (a) reduced to a skeleton; (b) outlined, sketched, planned; (c) having (developed) a skeleton: M19.

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